Fletcher Stanley Bleakly, known as F. Stanley Bleakly, or just Stanley Bleakly, was the son of John W. F. Bleakly and his wife Fannie. His grandfather, William Bleakly, owned a large lime and cement company at Front and Federal Streets in the 1880s and 1890s, where his father later became the manager. F. Stanley spent his early years in Merchantville, NJ, but by 1910, the Bleakly family had relocated to 517 State Street in North Camden, just two blocks from William Bleakly’s home at 316 State Street.
John W.F. Bleakly was a prominent figure in North Camden, known as "the man who built North Camden," for his extensive development work in the area. He later served as the secretary to the Camden Board of Education, a position he held in 1920.
The 1920 Census shows F. Stanley Bleakly living with his wife Florence and son John S. at 1128 Kenwood Avenue in Camden’s then-new Parkside section. At that time, he was involved in the retail stationery business. By April 1930, the Bleakly family had moved to Haddonfield, NJ, where F. Stanley continued in the stationery business.
In the late 1930s, F. Stanley Bleakly operated a Ford automobile dealership in Camden with Edgar Myers. By the early 1940s, the dealership was taken over by Ed Berglund. The 1947 Camden City Directory lists F. Stanley Bleakly as residing in the Erlton section of Delaware Township and serving as the secretary-treasurer of the U.S. Fuel Producers Company, with offices in the Wilson Building at Broadway and Cooper Street.
F. Stanley Bleakly had a notable relative, his uncle Edwin G.C. Bleakly, who was a prominent attorney in Camden and served as city solicitor in 1919-1920. Edwin was a principal in the firm of Bleakly, Stockwell & Zink in Camden.
F. Stanley Bleakly passed away in Boca Raton, FL, in June 1974.
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